My LGBTQ Pride is a year-round deal, but when Pride Month rolls around, I level up in every way possible. When June hits, cities across the nation start flying their rainbow-colored flag high. Festivals and and parades pop up everywhere, and house parties and Pride gatherings occur on the daily. If you are ready to take your queer cheer to the next level by throwing or joining a rainbow gathering, I’ve got a list of the best Pride Cocktails for your LGBTQ bash. Let’s get started.
LGBTQ-Friendly Booze & Pride Drinks
Before you get into pride cocktail making, look to support small queer-owned businesses when you hit the liquor store (or bar). When you are buying spirits to make your colorful cocktails with, choose options like Five Husbands Vodka produced by Ogden’s Own Distillery. Five Husbands Vodka was launched in 2017 in an effort to help the local Pride celebration up its game. This year, their bottle will up your celebration as a centerpiece talking point.
Other LGBTQ-run distilleries to shop include Catskill Provisions for gin, vodka, whiskey and more; Live Proud Vodka, and Saint Luna Moonshine.
20 Pride Cocktail Recipes
Love Wins Sangria
Ingredients:
- Red wine
- orange liqueur
- lemon juice
- simple syrup
- strawberries
- oranges
- lemons
- rainbow fruits (such as raspberries, blueberries, and kiwis).
Make It:
You’re gonna love this pride drink! In a pitcher, combine red wine, orange liqueur, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Add sliced strawberries, oranges, lemons, and rainbow fruits. Let it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours before serving.
Pride Paloma
Ingredients:
Tequila
grapefruit juice
lime juice
simple syrup
club soda
rainbow salt rim (optional)
Make It:
To make this pride cocktail rim a glass with rainbow-colored salt. In a shaker, combine tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and simple syrup. Shake well and strain into the prepared glass.
Rainbow Mule
Ingredients:
- Vodka
- ginger beer
- lime juice
- grenadine
- blue curaçao
- rainbow garnish (such as lime wheel, strawberry, orange slice, blueberry).
Make It:
This pride drink adds a little class to your celebration. Fill a copper mug with ice. Add vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice. Stir gently. Slowly pour grenadine down the side of the mug. Add blue curaçao. Garnish with a rainbow garnish.
Equality Martini
Ingredients
- Vodka
- elderflower liqueur
- cranberry juice
- lime juice
- simple syrup.
Make It:
Get ready for a pride cocktail that will make you feel empowered. In a shaker, combine vodka, elderflower liqueur, cranberry juice, lime juice, and simple syrup. Shake well and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a lime twist.
Rainbow Mojito
Ingredients
- White rum
- lime juice
- simple syrup
- mint leaves
- soda water
- rainbow fruit garnish (such as strawberries, blueberries, and kiwis).
Make It:
Muddle mint leaves, lime juice, and simple syrup in a glass. Add ice and white rum. Top with soda water and stir gently. Garnish with rainbow fruits.
Queer-tini
Ingredients:
- Gin
- dry vermouth
- raspberry liqueur
- lemon juice
- simple syrup
- rainbow sugar rim.
Make It:
Like any fancy pride cocktail you are going to rim a martini glass with rainbow-colored sugar. In a shaker, combine gin, dry vermouth, raspberry liqueur, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Shake well and strain into the prepared glass.
Pride Piña Colada
Ingredients:
- White rum
- coconut cream
- pineapple juice
- rainbow garnish (such as pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, and colorful cocktail umbrella).
Make It:
In a blender, combine white rum, coconut cream, and pineapple juice with ice. Blend until smooth as your local lesbian thirst trap. Pour into a glass and garnish with a rainbow garnish.
The Hot Lesbian Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 oz of Kahlua coffee liqueur
- 2 oz of Vodka
- 1 oz of Triple Sec
- 1 splash of Dr. Pepper
Make it:
Mix Kahlua, vodka, and Triple Sec in a shaker with ice and pour into a glass. Add a splash of Dr. Pepper. Drink and then hump away!
Read more about why I love this cocktail here.
Pride Punch
Ingredients:
- Vodka
- cranberry juice
- pineapple juice
- grenadine
- lemon-lime soda
- rainbow sherbet.
Make It:
In a punch bowl, combine vodka, cranberry juice, pineapple juice, and grenadine. Stir well. Just before serving, add lemon-lime soda and rainbow sherbet for a fizzy and colorful drink.
The Bend Over Johnny Pride Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 oz diet 7Up or Regular
- 1 oz Vodka
- 1/2 oz Razzmatazz
- 3/4th oz Grenadine
Make It:
Pour all of the ingredients into a glass and stir. Add ice. Easy as can be.
Find out more about why this is a perfect pride cocktail here.
The Bi Babe Cocktail Recipe
The Bi Babe Cocktail Recipe is reminiscent of a French 75 with Gin but sweet and a color harkens to the Bi Pride flag. Be careful, this is a strong drink and will catch up with you quickly.
Ingredients:
- 4 oz Pink Moscato
- 1 oz gin
- Il Tramanto Limoncello (just a splash)
- Bluberries
Make It:
Pour Moscato and gin into a cold glass. Add a splash of Limoncello and float blueberries. Find out more here.
Out and Proud
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Pineapple
- 1/2 oz. Aperol
- Soda Water
- 1 1/2 oz. Empress Gin
- 1/2 oz. Elderflower Syrup
Make it:
Combine ingredients in a shaker and then pour over rocks in a tall glass. Then make it all fancy with a garnish of lime and lemon.
Pride Summer Cooler
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 oz. Ketel One Vodka
- 1/2 oz. Blanc Vermouth
- 1/2 oz. Light Agave
- 1/4 oz. Fresh Lime juice
- 3-4 pieces of watermelon
- Top with Mineral Water (like Topo Chico)
Make it:
Grab all of your ingredients except for the mineral water and pour them into a shaker. Then muddle watermelon pieces, add ice and shake then fine strain, and top with Mineral water.
Sugar Daddy
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Crystal Head Vodka
- 4 oz. Fresh Grapefruit Juice
- 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
- Muddled Raspberries
- 1/2 oz. Cointreau
- 1/2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Make it:
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker and muddle. Add ice, shake and double strain into a chilled martini glass with a pink sugar rim. Sip then yell, “Spank me, daddy!”
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Taste The Rainbow
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. (30ml) Grenadine
- 1/2 oz. (15ml) Peach Schnapps
- 1 1/2 oz. (45ml) Pineapple Juice
- 1 oz. (30ml) Vodka
- 1/2 oz. (15ml) Blue Curaçao
- Garnish: Orange Slice, Cherry
Make it:
1. Pour some Grenadine into the base of a glass and slowly spoon in some ice cubes. Set aside.
2. In a shaking glass with ice, combine peach schnapps and pineapple juice. Shake well.
3. Slowly pour over grenadine, filling almost to the top.
4. In a separate shaking glass with ice, combine vodka and blue curaçao. Shake well and carefully layer on top.
5. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.
The Easy Rider
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Vodka
- 1 oz. Peach snaps
- 1 oz. Blue Curaçao
- ½ oz. Grenadine
- 1 oz. Pineapple juice
Make it:
Pour each ingredient slowly into a glass over ice. Using a spoon, guide each layer one after the other so the colors don’t mix.
Pride
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Vodka
- 1 oz. Organic Mixology Coconut & Lychee liqueur
- ½ oz. Hibiscus syrup
- ¾ oz. Lemon juice
- 1 ½ oz. Prosecco
- 1 Strawberry
Make it:
Muddle strawberry in a cocktail shaker. Add liqueur, vodka, hibiscus syrup, and lemon juice into a shaker with fresh ice cubes. Shake and strain into a Champagne flute. Top with prosecco.
Lesbian Slumber Party
Ingredients:
1 oz vanilla vodka
1 oz Bailey’s® Irish cream
1 oz Grand Marnier® orange liqueur
1 oz Godiva® chocolate liqueur milk
1 marshmallow
2 scoops mint chocolate ice cream
Make it:
Fill blender with ice. Add ingredients and fill with milk. Blend, and pour into a chilled glass. Garnish with a marshmallow and serve.
Rainbow Margarita
Ingredients:
- Tequila
- lime juice
- agave nectar
- blue curaçao
- cranberry juice
- orange juice.
Make It:
Mix tequila, lime juice, and agave nectar. Divide the mixture into five equal parts. Add blue curaçao to one part, cranberry juice to another, and orange juice to the remaining three parts. Layer the colored mixtures in a glass to create a rainbow effect.
Loveshake
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. (30ml) Strawberry Vodka
- 1 oz. (30ml) White Chocolate Liqueur
- Strawberry Ice Cream
- Strawberries
- Garnish: Whipped Cream/Heart Candy/Sprinkles
Make It: Add ice cream, strawberries, strawberry vodka and white chocolate liqueur to blender and combine until smooth. Pour into glass and garnish with whipped cream, heart candy and sprinkles.
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